fairfield travis. highs today, we'll be in the 60s. more on the rain coming up in about ten minutes. maybe some delays at the airport. you can get all of the latest flight and weather information at ktvu.com. click on the weather tab. it is 7:02. san francisco police are searching for the gunman who shot two people last night on a muni bus. paul chambers is in san francisco and tells us police say they need help to solve this case. good morning, paul. >> reporter: good morning, tori. now, police, like you said, they do need help. they have very little to go on. the shooting happened on a muni bus right here behind us. this all happened just after 10:00 last night. mun nip said there was a -- muni said there was a shooting. two people were shot. one victim was a 25-year-old female shot in in the for -- shot in the torso. the other, a man shot in the

leg. the police did release the description of the suspect, latino male with a thin build. black shoulder length, curly hair and he was wearing a black t-shirt and seen leaving the area on foot. if you know anything about the case, call san francisco police. live in san francisco, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:03. we're still watching a south bay walmart store where a car rammed into easter shoppers yesterday and then the driver got out and attacked people. ktvu's janine de la vega, live in san jose right now. that store reopened just about an hour ago. janine? >> reporter: dave, that's right. i just spoke with a police spokesperson who told me he's still working on trying to get details and what he can and can't release about this driver. let me tell you how this happened. that driver actually came up on the sidewalk in his car where you see all of these grocery carts. he came past those vending machines and then crashed here

in the front entrance where you see that it's all boarded up now. now, the store is still open. the other doors still work and they are trying to make things business as usual today. police say that male driver of a red oldsmobile first hit two cars in the parking lot on story road and then intentionally crashed into the entrance of the store and then the car launched itself on top of a beer display. the witnesses say, the driver got out of the car, grabbed a blunt on jecket and started to hit customers and the police arrested him. one employee and several customers were injured. three were taken to the hospital. two are in serious condition. workers we spoke to say they feel fortunate more were not hurt. >> there's a lot of kids in here. kids always get lost. it was almost our rush hour. a lot of people could have got hurt. i just want to know why. what was he thinking? what's going on? maybe he had a bad day.

i don't know. >> reporter: the driver is described as being 33 or 34 years old. officers say he appeared to be under the influence of drugs, possibly methamphetamine. he faces several charges of assault with a deadly weapon and hit and run. he was taken to the hospital. his condition at this point is unknown at we're still efforting trying to find out just how serious are those injuries of the other people involved. we know people got hit by flying debris and possibly again with the suspect actually hitting people with the blunt object. but police say so far, what they know, nobody got injured from the actual crash of the car coming into the walmart. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:05. an early-morning fatal accident has lanes blocked on eastbound 780 in benicia with traffic piling up as crews investigate the scene. it happened on eastbound 780 at military west just an hour and

a half ago. tara moriarty has just arrived on the scene. what's it like out there, tara? >> reporter: it's an absolute nightmare. the traffic is backed up for a pretty good distance. not sure how far. but the interesting part of this story, this was a hit and run. behind me, you can see there is a cadillac escalade and there's a person who has tied from that car. the bod -- died from the car. the body is laying on the roadway. right now, chp conducting their investigation. the hit and run, what's interesting, we have two other cars that we can see from our vantage point that are pretty smashed up. we don't know which one was the hit and run but apparently somebody took off from one of those cars. in about 15 minutes, the chp says they are give us more information and let us know who they are looking for. the coroner has been called out. the chp has confirmed someone has been killed. we are on 780 and the eastbound side is closed. this freeway is the connector between 80 and 680.

this crash happened around 5:30 this morning just east of the columbus exit near the military west offramp. traffic is stopped. it's backed up quite a ways. right now, drivers are being allowed through single file on the shoulder there. the chp is advises that you use surface -- advising that you use surface streets, we don't know exactly how the accident happened or who the victim is at this point. but the weather has been nightmarish throughout the bay area this morning with the rain really coming down in spots. you can imagine it has not helped the conditions for driving. we have been -- we've seen a lot of standing water. solo vehicle spinouts. the chp is we reminding you to -- is reminding you to slow down. we're not sure how long these eastbound lanes will be shut down. a chp officer told ktvu it would be several hours as authorities need to complete

their investigation. so definitely avoid 780 eastbound this morning. right now, we're gonna check in live with sal castanedo, find out what else is going on. i know, sal, if you have a better vantage point from your maps to see how far back this traffic extends. >> reporter: that's right. that's good you were there, tara. because we found out that cars are getting by but i still wouldn't advise it. the car is there at military west, where tara is. the best way to get around it, 80 westbound, eastbound 4. uses carquinez -- use the car carquinez bridge. use 80 westbound instead to eastbound highway 4. it will get you to the same area. you probably already know that. but the traffic is not bad on 4, at least not yet. steve mentioned there were some rain showers moving through the area as well. it's not great driving in this area of the bay. i also want to move it down to

san francisco where we've had several crashes on 280, northbound and intersection in san francisco in and out of daly city. that whole area kind of tough driving. it's probably connected to some showers moving through but whatever it is, you should use extra care in this area. let's go to some live pictures now. bay bridge, a little bit wet, you can see traffic is backed you for about a 20-minute -- 20- minute delay. let's bring in steve. >> thank you. it's raining. we measure it in rainfall. that's what we're getting. some of this has been heavy. it's lifting out of the san jose area. now parking itself right over san francisco, oakland, heading towards the north bay. i will show you as well. there's been lake merritt,

oakland, sfo and travis had reports of rain. get out of the way so you can see this. oak, alameda, oakland airport, pushing towards emeryville and the caldecott. this went over fairfield and lit up. owen tweeted me and said he had to slow down to about 35 miles an hour. some of the rainfall totals not too shabby on april 1st. santa rosa, .93, ben lomond .80. some from blossom hill, .25. vallejo, krogette, napa, all around .3 to .5. 50s really mild temperatures coming up from the southwest. so you would expect that. this is not a cold system. rain has moved south of the boulder creek area. it's definitely lit up from concord and alamo, walnut creek and then orinda, la fayette,

richmond, san rafael right over the golden gate, sas lee -- sausalito. one low, not done. it's still kind of parking itself over california. look at this. another one on its way for probably late wednesday into thursday. sun and clouds. off and on rain. possible thundershowers. the dynamics were best when the low came over us. it could pop up in the valley. 60s to near 70 on the temperatures. it's baseball, opening night for the as. it looks partly cloudy. i think the rain will be gone by then. mostly sunny into tuesday, wednesday and then rain into friday. okay saturday. there are hints of a cold system sweeping by on sunday. 7:11. remembering the victims of oikos -- of oikos. on the move, the surprising now areas that mexican drug cartels are showing up here in the u.s.

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we've been waiting a while for some rain. it finally shows up. there's pockets of moderate to heavy rain. this is sweeping through for the morning hours. morning rain giving way to mostly cloudy skies. highs in the 60s. 7:14. the pentagon says it's ready to defend americans and the people of south korea as north korea threatens war. ktvu's kyla campbell is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest rhetoric coming from north korea. kyla? >> reporter: dave, north korea's leader, kim jung un , met with his country's lawmakers today. they have declared a state of war against south korea and say a nuclear weapon is their top priority. the u.s. responded by sending stealth fighter jets, f-22 raptors to south korea for joint military drills. south korea's president says she will not tolerate any provocative moves from north

korea. but kim jung un escalated threats over the weekend, saying north korea is ready to attack south korea and the u.s. my sources at the pentagon tell me chuck hagel is taking these threats seriously. but many experts believe un wants to intimidate other countries and prove himself as a leader. and some reports say un's own military members don't believe that north korea would succeed. >> we're hearing from sources who say they are exhausted by the drills, they are exhauchted by the mobile i station of the masses. >> reporter: i heard back from my pentagon contacts. they say the u.s. and south korea have worked together to strengthen responses to north korea. and they are tracking radar systems as well as the number of intercepters we have here in the u.s. kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:15. there is a new report that says mexican drug cartels are being discovered in more suburban

u.s. cities. the cartels have been a problem for years on the border states but now they seem to be moving away from the border and into neighborhoods in the midwest, the south and the northeast. an "associated press" says the cartels are suspected of running drugs in at least nine border states. governor brown pardoned 65 criminals over the weekend. most related to drugs. he also pardoned a los angeles man who spent 15 years in prison on a murder conviction. a pardon can help an ex-con vict in seeking employment. governor brown also announced 79 pardons on christmas eve. today, colorado prosecutors are expected to decide whether to seek the death penalty for james holmes. holmes is used of killing 12 people and injures 70 more in a movie theater in july. on friday, prosecutors rejected a deal for a guilty plea in

exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. if they do seek legal injection, the defense is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. coming up at 7:45, we will go live to the courtroom for more on today's big decision. tomorrow marks the first anniversary of oakland's oikos university campus shooting rampage. the university will hold two memorial concerts in honor of the victims. on april 2nd of last year, a former nursing student killed seven people and injured three others. one goe, the suspected gunman, is in a mental hospital, after being declared not competent to stand trial. one concert will be held this saturday, the second on april 13th in el dorado hills. when congress comes back from spring recess on april 8th they will debate universal background checks when they take up new gun control measures. some say that move would prevent mentally disturbed

people from getting guns and weapons. others say it infridges on our amendment rights. mark kelly says those background checks are common sense. >> any bill that does not include a universal background check is a mistake. >> we can scale back and still make significant progress by strengthening the system without going too far. >> so far, no vote on the one gegelation has been -- gun legislation has been scheduled. later, hillary clinton is scheduled to speak to the national multi-housing council. that's in dallas. that's on april 24th. her fee, they are not telling us. but it's estimated she could earn a six-figure fee per appearance. bill clinton has made at least $89 from speaking engagements since he left the white house. apple planning for a new

style iphone. they've filed for a patent for a phone with a wrap-around display. it's a phone that look likes a flattened tube of glass that allows the display to extend beyond one surface of the device. design does not have a frame or physical button. it's important to remember apple has filed many patent applications for products it's never prout to market. facebook has an announcement to make. sources say it will be debuting a new phobe. mark zuckerberg said they would not develop their own phone but sources say the phone shown off on thursday will be built into facebook services, including its new news feed and time line. your time, 7:19. the city of san francisco has a new app so you can report code applications. the app is called up2 -- code.

it's all one -- up2code. it's all one word. complaints like mold, no heat or having no water, hot water. the app is free. it will launch today. the city of stockton may find out today if it will receive bankruptcy protection. the federal hearing starts at 9:00 a.m. this is the first bankruptcy case to challenge state pension laws. stockton wants to default on $165 million it borrowed in 2007 to pay calpers pensions. legal experts say the case will more than likely be appealed. the biggest debt is its pension obligation. 7:20. it is wet this morning across most of the bay area. meteorologist steve mallson is tracking the storm. up next, he will tell us when we can expect the rain clouds

to cloud up. the state corrections board says housing inmates cause more than average. we've had a rough one on this monday. it's wet. we've had a lot of wet weather and stalls. we'll give you the updates -- straight ahead.

97 the corrections board says san francisco pays top dollar to house inmates. according to the examiner, tax payers in san francisco pay the most in california counties. it costs about $173 per day to house an inmate in san francisco. but a deputy with the san francisco sheriff's department told the examiner the number is actually closer to $135 per day. 7:23. san francisco coming up a few feet short in the competition to have the tallest tower. last week, mayor ed lee and city officials broke ground on the new transbay transit center. this will include an office

building that's 1,070 feet tall said to be the stallest building on the west coast. but now los angeles is planning a hotel that will be 30 feet taller. still, san francisco builders say they will add a superstructure that will make their tower the biggest. here's how some of the other towers in california compare. the u.s. bank tower in los angeles, it's the 10th highest building in the country. at 1,018 feet. the aon center is number 32. it's 850 feet -- 858 feet tall. that's followed by the transamerica pyramid in san francisco, at 779 feet. all of them are tall. >> they are extremely tall. >> yes. we want to check in with sal once again, get an update on this fatal crash in benicia. >> that's right. we have this crash that was a hit-and-run accident on 780 eastbound at military west. i guess we have a look at the license plate here.

you know what, let me -- let's go to something else here real quick. let's go to the next picture, please. obviously this is not what we want to see. bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic is barked up this morning. let's go to the southbound 101 between 380 and 92, you have a nine-minute delay. that's not all that bad. the traffic is going to be busy across the bay. southbound traffic between 238 and mowry avenue about an 18- minute drive there. 280 in san francisco we've had some rough driving. many fender-benders between daly city and san francisco. if this is your commute, give yourself extra time. let's go to steve. pretty decent rain moving through. been some pockets of moderate to heavy. also currently raining now moving south to north. a little bit on the back side, back to the peninsula. a lot of rain. better late than ever. april 1st, the rain started,

there's maybe more coming in later in the week, too. you can see on the back edge of this on san mateo, right over highway 92, san mateo bridge, maybe the dumbarton, but i will tell you, it's been lighting up a little bit from walnut creek, alamo, back to oakland, berkeley, emeryville and the bay bridge as well. now moving into marin county. kevin leavey in sausalito, .44. the richmond bridge right there. not bad rain totals. i know it's getting very late. san francisco almost .75. brentwood had .23. san jose about .10 to .25. the system is still hanging around in northern california. we have a possibility of still some scattered showers or maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon. i think most of that was over the weekend. but i will mention it. rain this morning, giving way to scattered showers, tuesday,

wednesday, look pretty good. it looks like maybe more rain thursday into friday. possibility of a cold system on sunday. our time is now 7:27. oakland police are investigating three homicides in jest one day. the city's re-- in just one day. the city's response to all of the violence and the plan to expand. >> reporter: we're live in -- benicia at the scene of a fatal accident. we'll tell you why police are looking for the man involved in this crash.

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one person is dead from a hit-and-run accident that happened just two hours ago in benicia. right now, all lanes are still closed on eastbound 780 at military west. ktvu's tara moriarty is on the scene getting information about what happened and updating the search for the driver involved. tara? >> reporter: that's right. we have a hit-and-run suspect suspect that the chp says that now benicia police and vallejo police are looking for. they have actually set up a perimeter. see this fence? they have set up a perimeter to try to search the area for this guy. they say he's latino between 25 and 35 years old. they believe he could be the registered owner of the car. it's a cadillac escalade out of

vallejo. now, if we pan over here to my right, you can see that there's some skid marks. that's actually where the dodge caravan hit the guardrail. after that happened, the toyota tacoma was driving off the offramp and it smashed into that car. both those cars ended up facing a head-on into traffic, that's when the cadillac escalade appeared and smashed into the car. what happened was the driver of the toyota had gotten out of the car. he was looking around. and that's when he was truck. we're on 780 and the eastbound side is closed. this is the freeway connector between 80 and 680 east of the columbus exit. now, traffic is stopped. it's backed up quite a ways. if you want to come over here, i can show you how far it goes

back. if this is yomp ramp. if we took -- offramp. you can see how far this backup extends, all the way from 80, that's what sal is telling me. the chp is advising that you use surface streets. one route, 80 westbound to highway 4 to avoid the backup. now, you can see that these cars sort of trickling in here and they are using soerlt of like the shoulder an part of the roadway here. they are being allowed through but it's very, very slow going. so again, try to avoid 780. in the meantime, the coroner has been called. this man driving the koit has been confirmed dead. the coroner is on his way. we'll keep you updated with the investigation. it will be white a qil -- quite a while before this is back to normal. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we'll check back for an update. thank you. it was a violent easter

sunday in oakland after three homicides in ten hours. here's a look at where yesterday's shoots took place. the first was reported at 10:00 a.m. on 68th avenue. the second happened just after 4 on international boulevard and finally around 8:00 p.m., another shooting was reported at 70 oth and holly street -- 70th and holly street. this is video from that scene. police say the male victim was riding or walking with a bicycle before being shot and they say multiple shell casings were found on the sidewalk. police were alerted to the scene by a shot spotter. one man was shot while in his car. police have not released any motive or suspect information in any of the three shootings. the oakland police department hopes to add more police officers and this week the city council will consider a very expensive plan to try to make it happen. the police department wants to increase staffing levels from 611 to 833 by 2018. and this year's second police

academy is already underway. recently released report estimates the expansion would cost oakland $67 million. tomorrow, the city council will talk about their budget options. flags are at half staff this morning in kaufman county, texas after a district attorney and his wife were found shot to death in their home over the weekend. it was the second targeted attack this year. the assistant district attorney was killed in january. our reporter dan springer joining us live. he's at the courthouse this morning where steps are being taken, dan, to protect better other d.a.s and their staffs. >> reporter: not only here in kaufman county but throughout the state of texas. these murders have really sent shock waves throughout the lone star state. police are saying almost nothing about their investigation, dave, but you can bet it's a top priority. you have the fbi, atf and texas rangers all working with the

sheriff's department. the body of mike mclelland and his wife, cynthia, were discovered by a friend saturday night. the murders may have taken place on friday. there were a couple of reports the bodies were found near the front door that had been kicked in. there's a report that the murder weapon was an assault rifle similar to an a of-15 and that the d.a. was hit at least 12 times. his wife once in the head. mclelland had actually increased his security after his deputy d.a., mark hass. he was gunned down at the courthouse on january 31st. mclelland carried a weapon with him wherever he went. we are told he had a deputy outside of his house for a full month after haas. he was concerned. there's been a lot of concern about white supremacy and

there's been warnings about a planned attack ordered from inside prisons in texas against public officials. so there's that. but again, police are not saying that there's any link. we just heard from a judge here in kaufman county. he says it does appear there must be some sort of link between it can't be a coincidence but there's no physical evidence that he's aware of that links these two homicide scenes. as far as security we can tell you that the sheriff's deputy over -- have people over at the county courthouse, they have the da's office where it's not open to the public today but prosecutors are working there. i can el it you that da -- i can tell you that da's across the -- the das across the state have stepped up security. a da has 27 surveillance around him and again, the they are taking precautions because it does appear there's targeted attacks on public officials in the state of the texas.

dave? >> dan springer, live from texas. thank you. 7:37. the so-called gang of 8 u.s. senators working on immigration reform, they say although they are close there's no deal yet on an immigration bill. the group announced on friday, they now have an atreatment with labor and business groups on a guest worker provision. this would allow thousands of lower-skilled workers to come into the country. but the senators say there's some details to be worked out. there will be a noontime rally in march on international boulevard calling for comprehensive immigration reform. president obama comes back here to the bay area later this week for some fund-raising. he will be in san francisco on wednesday for a fund-raiser at the getty mansion. he will spent the night in san francisco and then attend another fund-raiser in atherton on thursday. he's raising money for

democratic candidates in the 2014 elections. 7:38. starting this morning, police will be cracking down on drivers caught texting or talking -- or talking while holding their phones. this is emeryville, that's pretty crowded heading down towards the bay bridge. this is one of the places officers will be on alert for distracted drivers all month long. police agencies will be issuing tens of thousands of tickets. the government says distracted driving killed more than 3300 people in the u.s. in 2011. california banned hand hl held cell phone use -- hand-held cell phone use and the ticket will costing you at least $150. and the roads are wet. no april fooling about our commute problems. >> that's right. another law i want to remind you about. when your windshield wipers are on day or night, you have to have the headlights on and you could be ticketed if they are

not on. let's go to the benicia problem that we've had since 5:30 this morning. a fatal crash on 780 near military west eastbound. that would be heading toward the benicia bridge. you can see two lanes are closed. but cars are getting by in the right lane, right shoulder here. it's kind of an exit lane or part of the right shoulder. this investigation is going to be going on for a little bit here. the traffic is going to be affected. it's backed up all the way to interstate 80. now westbound is not affected because there's a thick median there on the left of trees. so drivers can't really see it. that's the noncommute direction. let's take a look at another live picture. this would be the bay bridge. they are having a little bit of a focusing problem here. but traffic is backed under for a 20-minute delay. san francisco in daly city, not a bad commute on 101 but 280 is a bess from -- is a mess. we had a crash at westborough. we've had a lot of different

crashes. we are also looking at 101 between 380 and 92. not a bad commute. let's go to steve. sal, and we are in a drier area. that being san jose. dry san jose, dry also cupertino, but the line is moving south to north. we'll see mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies. maybe some popup showers lateert on. had a nice tweet from lynn. she's in san mateo. she said it's raining, pouring, so hard the dogs won't go out. you can see on the edge. patrick in redwood shores has a mix of rain and fog. a lot of fog in petaluma. some more rain, sfo to oakland, lake merritt, now kind of thinning out -- excuse me, folks. i've been fighting this for a month. stretching to marin county, now to san pablo bay from the bay bridge to the richmond, san rafael.

it is stretching right back after decreasing right over to highway 24, lack to walnut creek, orinda, concord, back to san ramon and then over to highway 4. some of the rain totals have been pretty good. where were you for the last three months? one -- >> the low is still up here. it's not out of the picture. there could be some development later on this afternoon. as long as it's there, that gives oomph to the atmosphere. even though it's far enough north, it's not out of the temperature. i think we'll see mostly cloudy skies. but still, we'll keep an eye on the sky for this afternoon. another system racing out ahead from another low coming from the hawaiian islands. sun, clouds. off-and-on rain. possible showers this afternoon. 60s to near 70 degrees. so i mean, we're starting off really mile.

rain should be long gone wipe the time the as home opener. warmer weather tuesday, wednesday. here comes the next system, cloudy with rain taking us thursday into friday. maybe a cold system for rain on sunday. tori. >> thank you, steve. 7:42. the unusual reason twitter is offering a new service that doesn't use vowels. taxes go up today. the three bay area counties which will pay some of the highest sales taxes in the state.

7:44. today, prosecutors in colorado are expected to decide whether to seek the death penalty in the case against james holmes. holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring about 70

others during a shooting at a colorado movie shooter in july. reporter alisia akuna is live in centennial with the big decision. >> reporter: good morning, tori. it will be at the top of the hour that george brockler, the district attorney here in arapahoe county, will announce his decision on whether or not he will accept a plea offer from james holmes's defense team. this was an offer made through a filing on wednesday. it's something that was done in an unorthodox way because they made the offer through the court system, something the district attorney's office replied in a scathing filing in response saying this is not the way things are normally done, to involve the court system, to involve the judge, in something that is usual lie done behind closed -- usually done behind closed doors. it's anybody's guess whether the prtion will accept --

whether the prosecution will accept the offer to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty. a couple of things could happen. george brockler could accept the plea and they could move onto a sentencing phase or he could say they will continue with death penalty and let the clock move toward trial expected to be this summer. should that happen, the defense team still has the opportunity to try to enter into a plea later on and things could still change. so james holmes would still have the opportunity to try to save his own life. fox news has learned over the course of the last week, the prosecution team has been reaching out to the victims of the massacre of last summer and the family members of those who died on july 20th of last year. talking to them about their feelings on the death penalty, their feelings on whether or not they should enter into a plea agreement with james holmes. we do not know the results of

the conversations. all we know, there's some family members who have expressed some concern that should there be some sort of plea agreement that they worry that james holmes at some point could be placed into a mental institution of some sort and eventually set free. that's highly unlikely but those are some of the concerns that they have expressed. so tori, we're waiting for the results of this hearing that, again, is expected to begin at the top of the hour. tori? >> all right. thank you. 7:47. stocks are down slightly in early trading on wall street after the long easter holiday weekend. spending on u.s. construction projects rebounded in february helped by a surge in home construction. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 26. the nasdaq is down 19. s&p is down 7. youtube.com will no longer be accepting entries. >> youtube announced after eight years it was time to review all of the videos uploaded and select a winner.

implying the site existed only for a contest. it went on to say it would delete all videos and go dark but it was all in honor of today's april fool's day. we checked and youtube's videos are still up there. twitter is also marking april fool's day, saying it will switch to a two-tier service. the social media service says for just $6 a month you can keep the current service but the free service will come without vowels. you can see the tongue and check announcement it made on your screen now. it translates to tried the new twitter yet? more time for more tweets. >> i got it. 7:48. there's a new app designed to help workers designed to send out negative tweets that could get you fired. the app is called fire me. it tracks tweets about bosses and rates them about how likely you will get fired. so far 5% of the people getting a warning so far have chosen to

delete them. starting today, it will costing you more to shop in three local counties. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom now to explain the reason why. pam? >> many people will be caught offguard when their bill comes in a bit higher than there thought today. but we did vote for sales increases back in november in the bay area. those take effect today. 16 cities in the bay area are increasing the sales tax today. many now have the highest in the state. the highest increase is in albany where the sales tax goes from 9 to 9.50%. only three cities in los angeles are higher, up at 10%. as far as county sales tax rates, marin county is now at 8.50%. but some of the cities including san rafael and novato will now pay 9%. santa clara county, 8.75. and in san mateo county, you will have to pay 9% unless you are in the city of san mateo. that rate, 9.25.

depending upon the city and county you are in, the money will be used for things like roads, public health and welfare programs and police and fire. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, pam. ten minutes before 8:00. happening right now, the annual white house easter egg roll with the 35,000 people that are expected on the white house lawn. >> see you down there. bye-bye. thank you. >> you just heard michelle obama standing next to the president waving to the folks out there. you saw the easter egg bunny up on the porch there. this white house egg roll is a tradition that goes back 135 years. the all-day event features live music which we're hearing right now as well as sports and story- telling and it looks like the easter bunny is being escorted down the steps going a little carefully. might be hard to see with those big ears. >> those big feet, too. >> it looks like the first lady

and president and i believe one of the daughters there and then the -- the official first mother-in-law. >> that's right. >> she's coming down the steps in the striped sweater. it's easter tradition there at the white house. we wanted to bring it to you live. we should mention among those attending the easter egg roll this morning are the mother and brother of a 15-year-old shot girl shot and killed just days after performing at president obama's inauguration. michelle obama attended her fun ral back in february and -- funeral back february and personally invited her family there to the east egg egg roll. >> very emotional. >> yes. 7:51. still ahead on a lighter night, today is opening day for major league baseball. how the client giants are -- how the giants are ephading -- are helping get into the swing of things even though they are playing down in los angeles.

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the wait is over. today is opening day for major league baseball. the as open at the coliseum playing the seattle mariners. brett anderson is the starting pitcher fot as -- for the as. the giants open their season against the dodgers in l.a. today. 21 members of last year's world series winning team are on the opening day roster. matt cain will take the mound. game time is 1:10. at&t park will be open for opening day. there's a free viewing party today at the ballpark. giants fans are invited to watch the game on the big screen and doors open at noon. 7:54. gotta go back to sal. our commute throughout the bay area has been very difficult. >> it has been because of the wet weather and just a lot of crashes. we still are updating the benicia crash, where one person died early this morning at about 5:30 is when the crash was reported. you can still see two lanes

blocked on eastbound 780 near the military west exit. crime scene there. there was a hit-and-run crash. the crash is backed up to interstate 80. it's getting by. i want to put up a map of the alternate map you can use. there's the crash. 80 westbound highway 4 eastbound is the best way to do it. contra costa county, by the way, pleasant hill to walnut creek, we have traffic that's moderately heavy there. nothing out of the ordinary and then davis city, northbound 280 on hickey, a car driving the wrong way was hit by another car. traffic is slow in both directions on 280. an to the south bay, we are -- and to the south bay, we're seeing some slowing there. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we do have some sun. that's towards the san jose area. some of this has been moderate to heavy. we've been waiting three months for this rain. some thunderstorm activity over the weekend, right around san

mateo, burlingame, belmont, highway 92, foster city, red word shores and back to the -- redwood shores and back. it kind of looks like it's losing some of its intensity. when you see the yellow, its intense, stretching from mill valley to sausalito and there's some cells embedded with that. richmond, el cerrito getting some rain back to the east bay towards highway 4, concord. now towards again more vallejo. crockett and benicia, 50s on the temperatures. although had a report of some upper 30s in lake county. so they are not in on this mild, mild warm weather. our low, it's still kind of backtracking. look at that. watch out near eureka. see how it drifts back. that's still hanging around. you can't kick out all of the shower activity, i think we'll go mostly cloudy, partly sunny for a while and then things could pop up later this afternoon. one low to the north.

the higher clouds are screaming ahead out of the next system. but rain, light to moderate to heavy. under mostly cloudy skies clouds and sun. hit-and-miss rain all possible. i think things could really pop up in the sacramento valley by this afternoon and evening. that definitely bears watching. 60s on the temperatures to near 70 degrees. but i think closer to the coast things will be a lot better. mostly sunny tuesday. i may have to update things here. those clouds are already screaming in advance. it looks warmer on wednesday. we'll cloud it up. what's interesting is one of our forecast models dropped a really cold system on us on tund. we'll see if that happens. >> all right. thank you, steve. 7:57. a bold shooting on a muni bus, why san francisco police say they need your help to solve the case. we're live in benicia where a fatal accident has traffic at a virtual standstill. we'll tell you why police are searching for a suspect and we'll tell you when the freeway will be back open. we're live in san jose where a man is under arrest after attacking people in a

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hours right now. all of the lanes are still closed on eastbound 780 and military west in benicia. there was a deadly hit-and-run crash. ktvu's tara moriarty, tara, you've been there for quite sometime. any idea when the lanes are expected to reopen. >> reporter: actually we're told in about 15 minutes they should be clearing the scene of this accident. right now -- we did speak to a driver. they said the wait time was about a half-hour just to get to where the backup started. things should be easing up. it will take a while. the coroner arrived here about 15 minutes ago. they took the body away from the scene. this was a three-car crash only one person was here to talk about it. that's because one driver was killed. the other after getting out and seeing the damage ran off. police are now looking for him in benicia state park. they've cordoned off and set up a perimeter. they say that he's a latino male between 25 and 35 years old. they say he's the registered owner.

they believe of this cadillac escalade. out of vallejo it's registered. he may face felony hit-and-run charge charges. the dent in the guardrail is where a dodge caravan crashed. it was a solo spinout and then a toyota came around and hit the dodge. the two were facing traffic head-on, the toyota driver got out of the car and was struck by the cadillac escalade. the driver of the escalade, went and look at the boughtdy and then -- body and then vanished. this freeway is the connector between 80 and 680. we're just east of the columbus exit near the military west offramp. you can see traffic is pretty much stop and go right here. right now, drivers again, peaking allowed -- being allowed single fire on the shoulder here. but we understand that this backup extends all the way to

80 but again we were talking with the chp. they say that they are going to be hopefully clearing this accident soon. they still have the cadillac escalade that needs to be towed. hopefully all of this traffic will ease up. right now we're gonna check in with sal castanedo to see what some alternate routes are for some of you who are out there who need to get where you are going. >> reporter: this morning, the alternate route instead of using 780, as a lot of people do, that would be to get on 680 in cordelia, a little bit farther up. we can push up there for a second. you can head that way or use highway 4 as an alternate route. highway 4 is doing pretty well eastbound. a little bit crowded but stay on the carquinez bridge and head eastbound on highway 4 as an alternate route. i want to mention that we have some other traffic problems out there in the area. slow traffic on 680 southbound pleasant hill to walnut creek,

a lot of fender-benders on some of the side roads. i want to push over to daly city. northbound 208 at hickey. it's a head-on collision near hickey boulevard. apparently someone on the freeway was going on the wrong way. they got into a crash there. so 280 will be a mess in this area. at 8:03. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. well, some sun to the south but a good rainband moving through. not too shabby. some of the rain totals have been more -- have been more than an inch. we have one band going through -- well, right now. but it's -- most of the rain is moving south. san jose is under mostly cloudy skies. partly cloudy now. but still some rain on the peninsula, union city, hayward, right over marin county, right over san francisco, oakland, berkeley, richmond, san ban ploe bay and -- san pablo bay. all the way out to bethel island, hit up with thunderstorms to vallejo. there's some here. we got another system.

temperatures are in the 50s. i would not be surprised if later today, maybe some more thunderstorms pop up. i will tell you why. the little low up towards eureka is still in northern california. i will have more on that coming up in our regular weather segment. you can get all of the latest traffic and weather, flight nsk on our -- flight information on our channel 2 website. click on the weather tab. a bus ride ends in gunfire overnight. two people were shot on muni. now police are searching for the gunman. paul cham berts is in san francisco -- paul chambers is in san francisco with a description of the suspect. >> reporter: police are asking the public for their help to describe and find out who shot two people on a muni bus. this all happened just after 10:00 last night according to muni. it was on their mission 14 busline. bus say the bus was stationary here at mission where the two victims were shot. one is a 25-year-old female shot in the torso, the other a 25-year-old male shot in the

leg. now, it's unclear the severity of their injuries. however, police have released this information about the shooter. he's a latino male with a thin build, he has black shoulder length, curly hair and was wearing a black beanie and a white t-shirt and was seen leaving the area on foot. if you know anything about this case, police say give them a call. live in san francisco, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. 8:05. we're getting more details about what happened at that south bay walmart after a man crashed through the front door, then reportedly attacked shoppers and workers. ktvu's janine de la vega, live in san jose right now and you just spoke with a victim who also tried to help capture the suspect. janine? >> reporter: yeah, that shopper said he was completely surprised by this attacker. he said he heard what sounded like an explosion and what that was is actually the sound of the car crashing here into the front entrance, which you can see is all boarded up. he actually came through on the

sidewalk hered a then went inside the store. he was stuck in his car for a little while. we are ally told by that witness that he smashed out that window and then started attacking people in the store. now, police say that male driver was -- had a red oldsmobile. he hit two cars in the walmart parking lot on story road and intentionally cracked into the front of the car. the driver got out of the car and grabbed some sort of blunt object and started to hit customers and work. witnesses took him down until officers arrived and arrested him. at least one employee and several customers were injured. three were taken to the hospital, two in serious condition. that man that i told you abouterrer why, he had a cane -- about earlier, he had a cane and he heard all of the commotion. here is what he said. >> i hit him with my cane and it broke. he hit me with the metal wrob jecket and that's when -- object and that's when people

started to figure out he was hurting people. >> reporter: the driver is described as being 33 or 34 years old. officers say he appeared to be under the influence of drugs, possibly methamphetamine, he faces several charges with assault with a deadly weapon and hit-and-run. he was taken to the hospital. his condition is unknown. and we are trying to find out again just really how bad the injuries are of one of the employees who was injured by -- we don't know if it was flying debris for actually an attack -- or actually an attack from the driver. authorities are ages shungs to hear -- are anxious to hear how that person is doing. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. want to check in again with sal. it's been a busy morning. >> all over the place we've had fender-benders e obviously the biggest problem -- benders. obviously the biggest problem

in benicia. we have slow traffic on the peninsula as you drive between 101 and burlingame and san mateo. 280 northbound daly city near hickey, there is a head-on collision. let's take a live look at pictures now. i want to show you the traffic at the toll plaza is back under. quickly, let's -- backed up. quickly, let's go to 237. some sun there. traffic is moderately avenue in this area. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. we do have some sun towards the south bay, moving south to north. but under mostly cloudy skies, there's pretty decent rain here. looks like some of it is lightening up a little bit. you can see that's -- that's the southern edge of the rain, by the way. marin county, lit up, san francisco, back to the east way and then moving north over san pablo bay and then batch to highway 4, all the way out to antioch, brentwood, oakley, concord, heading north as well. been a pretty good downpour

earlier towards fairfield. came down pretty hard. also around oakland, lake merritt. 50s on the temperatures. really mild. the low, though, just heard from ronald thompson up in cretent city -- crescent city. he said the dog would not go outside as well. that's two this morning because of the rain. they are getting rain going from east to west. the low has not left. has long as that's there, we could get popup variety in the skies. the next system here on thursday. they are very warm systems. they are coming up from the hawaiian islands. sun and clouds. turning more to scattered showers in the afternoon. 60s to near 70. i will tell you a little bit of sun and a lot of humid. things should quiet down and be good to go for the as opener. extended outlook good, good tuesday/wednesday. getting warmer. we cloud it up and this friday, a break saturday and then maybe

a cold, fast-moving system sweeps across on sunday. more controversial comments from the leader of north korea. what he's now saying is the top priority for his country. plus, why yesterday's google doodle has some social media users turning to a different search engine.

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well, some rain moving through. some areas to the south will get a little bit of sun under partly to mostly cloudy skies. rain right there. that's right past the san mateo bridge in between the san mateo

bridge and the bay bridge heading, it looks like right towards oakland and alameda. that could be moderate to heavy. maybe some hail embedded in. we'll keep an eye on that. 8:13. all over the bay area, all the way up to sacramento, people are talking about that severe weather. look at that. lightning over bethel island last night around 7:45. the severe thunderstorm warning was issued for contra costa county just before we shot the video. contra costa firefighters say they didn't get any calls about damage from the storm. yesterday's bad weather caused 14 frights to be canceled at -- flights to be canceled at sfo. these are live pictures from outside sfo. right now, the airport's reporting delays on arriving flights, averaging about 58 minutes. you're advised check your flight information before heading out to airports this morning. you can get all of the information flight and weather information on our channel 2

website. go to ktvu.com, click on the weather tab. 8:14. south korea says it will not sit back and watch as north korea threatens war and nuclear weapons. ktvu's kyla campbell is in hour washington, d.c. newsroom with the latest comments out of north korea. >> reporter: north korean lawmakers and their leader say their top prities include -- priorities build including a nuclear weapon. this comes after propaganda videos aired all weekend in north korea. kim jung un says north korea entered a state of war with south korea and threatened to attack the south and the united states. the u.s. responded by flying f- 22 fighter jets to south korea for joint military exercises and south korea's president said her military was told to be ready to respond strongly if north korea should attack. >> right now i think what you are seeing is kim jung un trying to get the masses to rally around the flag, as they

say, and adhere to his leadership. >> reporter: analysts say a full-scale attack by north korea is unlikely. i spoke with a former member of the cia. he says kim jung un is young and inexperienced. they say he could go too farther with his threats, sending the u.s. and the south korea on the attack. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:15. the name of the man shot and killed in a shooting involving an alameda county sheriff's deputy may be released soon. >> who got hit? >> we got medical en route. >> the coroner nay come out with the suspect's name today. deputies leap sponded to the -- responded to the shooting. a driver was shot after dragging a deputy. a 15-year-old veteran was injured in the foot. he's now out of the hospital. police in san francisco

have detained five people in a shooting. officers went looking for suspects last night after a 24- year-old man walked into a emergency room with a gunshot wound. two suspects were detained at mansel street and three more suspects a few blocks away. police recovered a handgun. police have not confirmed if they are looking for more suspects? the merced county -- suspects. the merced county sheriff's office is trying to piece together what happened in a deadly gang-related shooting on atwater. police say a group of people snuck up on a rival gang at an easter celebration and opened fire. two young men were killed ages 18 and 19 and a 16-year-old girl. two other males have nonlife- threatening injuries. police have not made any arrests. 8:16. a lot of people look forward to seeing what google will doodle on holidays but yesterday's eagle doodle of -- google

doodle of ceaser chav ves honored some people. since yesterday was also easter some are questioning the lack of an easter holiday theme doodle. c-net reported session social media users tweeted they didn't like that. they threatened to switch search engines. it was not such a good easter for the easter bunny in one part of california. on saturday, a chp officer pulled over the easter bunny in san francisco. he's crying. no, the bunny was riding in a red low-income. he was -- in a red motorcycle. he was stopped for not wearing a helmet. he was on his way to a charity event and needed to be in his costume. the chp officer did let him go without giving him a ticket. the chp officer say said this was definitely a first. [ cheers ] easter sunday brought out the kids and a lot of people in

san francisco. they rode these big wheels down the windy streets. it was the 11th annual bring your own big wheel. the easter bunny even took a break from delivering eggs to ride a plastic tricycle somewhere out there. there are reports there was at least one person hurt but we have no word on the condition. 8:18. we have developing news now about the colorado movie theater shooting that happened back in july. prosecutors now say they will seek the death penalty for james holmes. holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 more in a movie theater in july. back on friday, prosecutors rejected a deal for a guilty plea in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. if they do seek legal injection, the defense is expected to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. in china, two people have died from a knew strain of the

bird flu. both men died less than two weeks after contracting the virus. another person is in critical condition. scientists say the strain has not been found in people before. another strain is being closely monitored because scientists think it could mutate an spark an epidemic. starting today, new rules regarding women and mammograms. women described as having brens tissue after a mammogram may be notified boo increased risk -- about a increased risk. critics argue there's no manner to determine the breast density. >> dense breast findings should be taken into context of each patient. it should not be considered something where you automatically feel obligated

that it's necessary to get an mri. the state of california joined several other states that have passed similar legislation. 8:20. the port of oakland is coming under fire again for how it spends public money. port department heads are buying up domain that could give the wrong impression. we're looking outside of the window. it's rain there. you knew that. it's cloudy, too. you may need an umbrella. steve is coming back. he will tell us how long we can expect the wet weather to stick around. westbound highway 4 looks like it's improved. but the morning commute is still very wet and very slow in some areas.

welcome back. u.s. authorities are investigating a division of panasonic based in southern california. the wall street journal says the government's investigating charges that panasonic avionicks paid bribes to oversea airline employees or government officials. they make inflight entertainment and communication systems. subpoenas have been served for executives consultants and other workers in the middle east, asia and europe. we have an update on a story we brought you last october about some of the port of oakland's questionable spending practices. we asked for expense account reports an discovered the head of the public relationsship use public money to buy the

internet domain groups it thought might cause trouble. those include occupy oakland and the long shoreman's union. a tech expert says there's a reason people buy the nails of people they consider their opposition. >> it's not that they are trying to stop them from buying that and use it, it's essentially to set up a front up, that's called astro surf. >> that's the term used to use for kofern egg up -- coving up -- covering up propaganda. our report shows public money was used at strip clubs. let's go back to sal. >> we're gonna start with the better news about the crash in benicia. all of the lanes are been

reopened. let's go to some live pictures. 880 northbound and southbound in front of the oakland kol he soo yum. not all -- solo see yum. not all -- coliseum. not all that bad. if you are thinking about the san mateo brimg, it's not all that bad. westbound 92 traffic looks good over to foster city. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. well, a pretty impressive system finally arrived. we talked about it all last night. came in later than i thought. it did its ob. gave us thunderstorm ac-- job. gave us thunderstorm activity. but that rain is coming in overnight into this morning. look at the -- the low is still up north of redding. look at that. as long as that's there we're still in line for thunderstorm activities. very interesting pattern. i gotta be honest with you, the forecast model, completely failed on it. they missed it big time. look at this coming up right there. lit up right just to the west of san leandro, alameda, oakland airport. that looks like moderate to

heavy rain about to pounce on you pretty soon. also over the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge, now starting to push north towards parts of napa county and out to the east bay as well. you can see highway 4 painted roo it -- right there. there's been about two hours ago, about a two hours ago, a good downpour near travis. and you can see the low spinning to the north of us. the next system is beginning to move into the picture. looks like it will be here on thursday for rains. sun, clouds. possible thundershowers this afternoon would not surprise me one bit, peerbl out to the valley and north -- especially out to the valley and north. clouds on thursday. it looks like rain develops thursday afternoon into friday. a break saturday. a cold system might be poised to move in here on sunday, dave. thank you. a tour bus in vallejo goes up in flames and it threatened nearby homes. >> with all of the trees and the leaves andal all of that -- and all of that stuff, it could have been worse. >> the fire that forced

evacuations and backed up traffic at interstate 80 for hours. 780 in benicia now open. there's still traffic. we'll tell you what the chp is saying about a hit and run suspect in this fatal crash

we have an update from the developing news story we've been following since 5:45 this morning. the scene of that deadly hit- and-run accident has opinion cleared. all of the lanes are reopened on eastbound 780 at military west. ktvu's tara moriarty, you've been there all morning long. authorities are talking about the driver who ran from the scene. >> reporter: that's right. the chp, police are also

looking for the suspect involved in this hit and run. we're off the freeway. we had to move because the scene was cleared. this is the military west offramp. you can see that traffic is moving very nightly but over that way, towards the left, actually, that's closer to 80 -- eastbound is still slug in. so it -- sluggish. so it will take a while for things to get back to norm. the coroner reeverybody mooed the body from the scene about a half-hour ago. this was a three-car crash and hit and run. police are searching for the driver of a cadillac escalade who ran off from the scene. witnesses say he got out of his car, saw the man in the tacoma was dead and disappeared. this all unfolded around 5:40 near the military west exit. a 51-year-old man lost control of the rain and slammed into a guardrail. a toyota then came and hit that

car and the two were facing head on in the fast lane. the toyota driver got out of the car and that's when he was struck by the cadillac escalade within about one minute. >> the esescalade driver took off. the chp says he's between 25 and 35 years old. they believe he's the registered owner of the suv out of vallejo. he may be facing felony hit and run charges. back here live, benicia and vallejo police have set up a perimeter here in the benicia state park scouring the area for the suspects. we checked in with the chp a moment ago but so far they've not located that individual. again, things are looking a little bit sluggish, right as soon as you get off 8 on onto 780, you might want to use highway 4 for the next half- hour or so until things get back to normal. live from benicia, back to you. >> thank you. 8:31. in vallejo, the chp investigating a fire on a tour bust last night on eastbound --

bus last night on eastbound interstate 80. iting baaed up traffic for hours. fortunately, that bus was empty when it went up in flames. this happened around 7:00 last night near redwood parkway. the bus driver got out after smelling smoke. the flames ignited nearby trees threatening some homes and an apartment complex was evacuated as a precaution. >> we ran, made us all leave. just grashed all of our dogs and took -- gragged all of our -- gragged all of our dogs and took off. the tour bus driver was treated for smoke inhalation. 8:32. a san pablo woman is recovering from severe burns after returning into her burning home to try to save her pets. the fire started early yesterday morning at the home on 12th street near broadway. the unidentified woman went back inside to save her cats but she was hurt and transported to the saint fran tis hospital -- st. francis

hospital burn unit. firefighters were only able to save one of the cats. police say an -- firefighters say an unintended candle caused the fire. a breakfast celebration will be held at station 1 as frank ryan returns to work today after suffering a heart attack. ryan was battling flames back on august 30th at a downtown church when he went into cardiac arrest. firefighters saved his life on the scene and supported him through an extensive recovery. 8:33. five members of one family were killed in a novato car crash. later this morning, the driver accused of causing the crash is due in court. jean soriano will be in a nevada courtroom facing several charges including dui. he's accused of rear ending a van early saturday morning on interstate 15 near mesquite. that's about 80 miles northeast of las vegas. four adults and a 13-year-old girl from southern california

were killed. two other family members were hurt. in virginia, a huge 90-car pileup. it happened after 1:00 in the southern part of virginia yesterday afternoon. traffic was backed up for eight miles. they had a lot of heavy fog there. that's blamed for the crash. 25 others were hurt. and new this morning, part of the detroit metro airport now open again. there was a suspicious item in being investigated there. look at all of the people filing outside. the north terminal was evacuated for two hours because of something suspicious in the carry-on luggage of a passenger. the tsa says that item may -- they say that item in an x tray machine at a security checkpoint. they flagged it for it to be inspected. the bomb squad came in and checked it out. the fbi says no explosives were

found. they'vish goen us -- there given us no other details right now. a college basketball player is recovering from a severe leg injury suffered in the ncaa tournament. in fact, it's so disturbing, the injury when it happened, we decided not to show it to you here. you can tell by players' reactions just how bad it was. ware broke his right leg and through his pain, he kept telling his team, just win the game. >> it was terrible to watch. i felt awful follow the players and the fans and -- we had to gather ourselves. we couldn't loose this game for them, we just couldn't. >> louisville beat duke 85-63. ware had successful surgery to reset his leg, had a rod put in and is expected to join the team next weekend. caltrans is starting the next phase of a project to

relieve traffic on highway one from novato to -- from -- highway 101 from novato to petaluma for widening lanes. the project cost about $50 million. more than half of that is coming from a 2006 voter's proived -- voter approved transportation fund. let's bring sal back. you are up waking a lot of things but you are watching 2le 0 -- watching 280. i've noticed a slowdown on the right-hand side. there was a stalled vehicle. now it's gob. i've know -- now it's gone. let's take a look at the commute here on the san mateo bridge. that looks pretty good. the bay bridge still backed up west of the macarthur maze. 80 weekend is still pretty slow from pinole it richmond. as a matter of fact, we've had some slow traffic through the

area. there it is. 80. slow from pinole to richmond, especially in richmond heading down to the berkeley area. let's go to steve. good morning. i think. there we are. good morning. jeff green our director. never a problem, jeff. by the way, this is jeff's last appearance on the morning show. he's been telling me that for about two years now. [laughter] >> we do have mostly cloudy skies and there's been some good rain although it looks like it's et willing up a little bit. emily in mill valley, a lot of things are calming down a little bit. however, the low is backtracked. usually they clear the area, go east or north. this one is still in northern california. our little band continues to march through. there's been some pockets of moderate to heavy rain. you can see another one heading right towards oakland alameda. when you see the orange and yellow, that's definitely heavier rain. some of this low looks like it's starting to lose its grip. you can see heading towards san

rafael and novato, right over sausalito, mill valley on the western edge of it and then right over the -- well, richmond san rafael bridge, scattered rain looks like it is lessening up as well as it ed as up to highway 4 and out to the -- as it heads up to the highway 4 and out to the delta. on the north who, some of that bears watching. another system coming up the same highway, almost from hawaii, looks like that will be here wednesday, thursday. maybe some more rain. 50s on the temperatures. really mild unless you are up towards lake county and then you are seeing 30s and 40s. the band kind of loses its punch a little bit. right, right, right there. so things may be starting to kind of weaken a little bit. but still one low there will keep some scattered showers in the forecast for this afternoon. sun and clouds. a lot of clouds in the morning. maybe some afternoon thundershowers. but i would lean more towards

lake county. not towards the coast and bay. 60 to near 70 degrees. and baseball tonight for the as home opener. i think all of the rain will be gone. partly cloudy, mostly clear, 59. the wind will be turning more westerly. mostly sunny, tuesday, maybe into wednesday, it will be warmer. it looks like the clouds will roll in thursday for rain. more on friday. the bay area's ban on burning wood has paid off and cleaner air, according to the bay area quality management district. officials say this year had fewer days of particles. 12 years ago, the bay area had 30 days spare-the-air day. this year we've had 10. san francisco symphony musicians are expected to return to the stage tomorrow

after reaching a tentative deal to end their strike. ♪ musicians went on strike on march 13th over disagreements about salaries and benefits. a 26-month proposed contract still has to be ratified by the board. that could happen in the next couple of days. owners say they are happy to see the strike end. >> i think it's great. i think that there are a lot of businesses in the area that really on the symphony and the valet and the opera for income. this has kept a lot of people out of the neighborhood. >> details of the proposed agreement will not be released until the deal is approved. 8:40. testing for h.i.v. and hepatitis resumes this morning for the patients of an oklahoma dentist whose bad hygiene caused a health scare. a huge line of patients were in front of tulsa's regional health and wellness center. they all want to know if they

were infected with h.i.v. and hepatitis by an oral surgeon named scott harrington. all of this comes after investigators found unsane tari, unprofessional -- unsanitary, unprofessional conditions. poor dental health is being reported in california schools, thousands of lower-income children suffer from dental disease. oakland unified and other districts are providing programs that provide dental care to students. lower-income children are 12 times more likely to miss school because of dental problems. the first gorillaer ever -- gorilla ever born in new york city has died. patty cake was 48 years old and suffered from chronic cardiac problems. she was born in the central park zoo in 1972 and has had

two books written about her. experts with the wildlife concert society say the median life span is 37 years old. all right. 8:42. three separate shootings. three people dead. up next, the violence in oakland just over the past 24 hours and what's happening today that could reduce some of the violence. three bay area counties now pay some of the highest sales taxes in the state. as of today, the people who are most affected by those increasing numbers.

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stocking are edging lower this morning. taking a live look at the big board, the dow down 33. the nasdaq down 24. s&p down 8. tesla has been promising investors it would be profitable by the first quarter this year. it appears it has now opened. tesla announced it sold 250 more model sedans than the target figure in 2013. the ceo says that proves tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for what he calls the electric car revolution. 8:45. let's bring you up to date son

omof the other top stories we are foing for you -- in benicia, all lanes are open again on eastbound 780 and wall street west just within the last half-hour. there was a fatal hit-and-run crash out there. traffic was backed up most of the morning. authorities are looking for the driver who ran away from the scene. this was a fatal crash. one person was killed. san francisco police are investigating last night's shooting of two people on a muni bus. a man and a woman were shot on a 14-mission bus. it happened about 10:00 last night on mission and have lien seia street -- valencia streets. a man crashed his car into a walmart and then he jumped out and attacked innocent shoppers. two people have serious injuries. police say the driver appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamines. it's coming up on 8:47.

going shopping? get ready to pay more than you did yesterday, at least in some parts of the bay area. pam cook is in the bay area with the new sales tax. >> good morning. 16 cities in the bay area are increasing the sales tax today, april 1st. many of them now have the highest in the state. the highest increase is in albany where the sales tax goes from 9 to 9.5%. only three cities are higher. they are in los angeles, at 10%. business owners worry how this is going to affect local shops and restaurants. now, as far as counties go, san mateo county will join alameda and los angeles counties with the highest in the state at 9% but if you are in the city of san mateo, that rate is 9.25% now. for marin county, the sales tax now 8.5%. some of the cities in marin county will pay 9%. the sales tax in santa clara county is now 8.75%. this is all in addition to the

quarter-cent sales increase after prop 30 passed in january. that's supposed to raise $6 billion a year to fund schools, community colleges and public safety services and depending upon what city or county you are in, the new sales tax increase also expected to pay for a lot of public services. the roing live in the -- reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:48. the city of stockton may find out today if it will receive bankruptcy protection. the federal hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. this is the first bankruptcy case to challenge state pension law. stockton is asking to default on $165 million it borrowed in 2007 to pay calpers pensions. legal observers say the case will more than likely be appealed. the biggest debt, the pension obligation. over the weekend, governor jerry brown pardoned 65 convicted criminals. apparently, in honor of the easter holiday. most of the pardons involved

drug-related convictions. although the governor did pardon a los angeles man who spent 15 years in prison on a murder conviction. last christmas eve, the governor granted 79 pardons. well, tomorrow marks the firster that of oakland's oikos university campus -- the first anniversary of oakland's oikos university campus shooting. on april 2nd of last year, a former nursing student killed seven people and injured three others. the suspected gunman is in a mental hospital after being declared not exe continue to stand -- competent to stand trial. one concert will be held this saturday in oakland. a second concert will be held april 13th in el dorado hills. it was a violent easter sunday in oakland after three homicides in ten hours. here is a look at where yesterday's shootings took place. the first was reported at 10:00 a.m. on 68th avenue. the second happened just after

4:00 on international boulevard. finally around 8:00 p.m., another shooting was reported at 70th and holly street. here's video from that scene. police say the male victim was riding or walking with a bicycle before being shot. they say multiple shell casings were found on the sidewalk. this is video from the first shooting on 68th avenue. police were alerted to the scene by a shot spotter. one man had been shot while in his car. police have not released any motive or suspect information in any of the three shootings. 8:50. oakland police they hope to add more police officers and this week, the city council will talk about an expensive plan to make it happen. the police department wants to increase staffing levels from 611 officers to 833 by 2018. and this year's second police academy is already underway. a resen lip recessed report -- recent will i re-- recent had i released report says that will

cost oakland $67 million. tomorrow the city council will consider budget options. corey montiff, he's checked in for his second stent in rehab. ♪ i know it's late♪ >> now, a spokesman for the 30- year-old actor confirmed he voluntary admitted himself for substance addiction. he first got treatment as a 19- year-old he's been quite open about his addiction problems. his character will be missing the last two episodes of season four. nine minutes before 9:00. new information on a fatal crash in bodega bay. why chp officers believe distracted driving caused a bomb to -- caused a woman to crash into a creek. traffic on 280 has improved. so has the weather. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. [ anouncer ] ihop's new griddle melts... made fresh and hot! hand crafted just for you. it's like a sexy sandwich.

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round out the top five. there was a rain-relayed accident at 12:30 this morning on highway 24 in la fayette. aur cameras caught two -- our cameras caught two cars badly damaged in the middle lanes. there are reports of a third car, the car that caused the crash left the scene. one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the california highway patrol says people need to slow down in bad weather. we're getting new information now on a crash that proved fatal for a woman in bodega bay. it happened around 9:30 last night on highway 1. the car landed in a creek. the woman inside died. a chp officer told "the press democrat" the woman was distracted by her cell phone's gps and that alcohol may have been involved. the woman was reportedly from sonoma county. she had three passengers, an adult and two trgs also from sonoma they this -- teenagers also from sonoma had minor

injuries. the police will be cracking down on drivers with hand-held phones caught textsing on driving -- teeing or driving. this -- teeing or driving -- texting. this area is where the police will be tooking for distracted drivers. they will be issuing thousands of tickets. kiss stracketted driving killed -- disstracketted drive -- distracted driving killed 3300 people last year. a ticket, just a reminder will be at least $159. let's check in with sal and see if rain is still causing problems on the road. >> it has been. but fing are finally improving. the weather has improved as well. we'll let steve talk about. northbound 280 getting up to highway 16. the traffic is moving along pretty well. interstate 880 in oakland, a little bit of rain moving through. it looks like, traffic moving

along okay here at the toll plaza, there's a backup that's moderate. on 80 we still have some slow traffic on 80. it's improved from richmond to berkeley. what a difference there. sunny in san jose. there's a very steady rain. instead of showing the 5 or 7- day, i thought i would show you what's going on. most of it should be a morning event. there's still plenty going on to the north. i think a mostly cloudy day, rain turning to scattered showers. tomorrow looks much quieter. >> it doesn't seem as simple when you were talking earlier. we get a little bit and then it's gone. it's sticking around. >> this one is sticking around. >> yes. >> we couldn't buy rain in january, february, march. driest ever. april 1st we get rain. >> october, another -- october, november, december were great. >> yes. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. be sure to up what the noon

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